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1 hour ago, NSWP said:

Rodney Rude or Jimoin would be good cruise ship comedians. If one does not like to hear the language, one need not attend, lol.

Carl BARRON would do me.👍

15 minutes ago, Cbtours said:

I just realised you said from Brisbane. We are on from Sydney, so will have the cruise nicely warmed up for you by the time you get on 🥳 We left our cruise yesterday 😩😩😩 17 days of loving being back lol

its only really social media rumblings I’ve heard. I didn’t hear anything from staff even though I tried to fish a bit lol.

one thing that did give me confidence that it will go ahead, is at the captains cocktail party, he announced that due to heavy popular demand fir round Australia, they are bringing the majestic which will also do round aus so there should be plenty of available cabins. My thoughts were if the company had any inkling that they were going to not run as full circumnavigation why would they bring another ship.

 

I’ll be checking in with our PVP as soon as I’ve got the post holiday matters attended too 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Thankyou for responding. That sounds a bit more positive. Look forward to meeting you on board.

25 minutes ago, Cbtours said:

Excellent summary. When I get chance I will add anything else I can think of. Got a few things to attend to first.

Hi. Doing the 28 nighter with you guys from Brissie in October. Is there any talk onboard about our cruise being broken up by Princess into a number of smaller cruises and if there isn't any talk are you able to ask some staff which may know. Bit nervous about this as there is rumblings.

Thanks Bob.

Thanks guys for your feedback and tips. Hope the Comedian is off the ship for our upcoming 28 nighter.😁

16 hours ago, SinbadThePorter said:

I got off Coral last Thursday. We had 65% of passenger capacity.

 

Sip & Cover was required but not enforced in the main lounge areas. Which meant that there was probably 90% compliance on the first day of the cruise and 10% on the last. The audience would be told to put on masks if not drinking and some would, but almost all of those would come off again within a few minutes.

 

In the MDR you walked in wearing a mask and took it off as soon as you sat down. Then put on your mask to leave.

Thanks mate.👍

2 minutes ago, NSWP said:

It is obvious Princess don't care if the lurgy spreads. They may live to regret their lack of enforcement re masks etc.

How true mate.

Hi fellow Coral Cruisers.

We are on a 28 nighter on the Coral around Aussie coming up and have read about the rule or alleged rule on Princess ships referring to Sip & Cover 

Apparently in the bars/lounges inside this rule is Mandatory, is this correct???.

For pax already cruised on the Coral is this actually happening and being enforced 

Could be a deal breaker for us.

Thoughts??

20 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Don't panic! Princess does the long cruises very well.

 

Food is very subjective. Some people are very fussy about how they like things and will complain if it's not exactly cooked how they ( or maybe their mum) cook it.

 

Yes, Coral is one of the older ships which is why she has lovely features like a full promenade deck. IMHO Princess usually keeps their ships in good condition and are continually cleaning, painting, and maintaining them. nboard.

Agreed. See ya onboard.👍

Hi guys 

Finally decided on NIB.

Price was good including Pre Existing for wife and cancellation covered us for our cruise cost if anything went wrong. 👍

Hi Irene.

Your reviews thus far have settled us down a bit. We have a 28 nighter around Aussie coming up in October.

Have been reading the odd complaints from people on FB concerning the ship is looking old, food no good ect ect 

Glad to see you guys are enjoying the ship.👍

On 5/3/2022 at 11:21 AM, Aus Traveller said:

In the Princess webinar they didn't say that people who tested positive would be off-loaded at the next port of call. That would create a problem because Princess would have to pay for a quarantine hotel, then get them home later. No. The clear indication was that a person who tests positive will stay on the ship. In the webinar they said that if someone is positive for five days of their seven day cruise, they would be credited with that proportion of their cruise far as a Future Cruise Credit. When the ship returns to port, Princess will pay for appropriate transport home if the person lives within two hours' drive of the port. If they live further away, Princess will  transport them to a quarantine hotel and pay the cost of accommodation and meals.

Exactly spot on.👍

Thanks for the pics. Will be on her for 28 days, Brissie to Brissie this October. 

Can't wait for that.👍

28 minutes ago, Hogbay said:

What is risk ? You get in a car without a worry in the world but are scared of being eaten by a shark or struck by lightning. Live life as it's your last day .🙂

I agree. Everything you do or go to now has some form of risk attached to it with Covid. Unless you want to stay home wrapped in cotton wool, go out and enjoy life.👍

16 hours ago, Cbtours said:

Wow! We paid $686 for 28 day round aus in October. ($520 for 18 days June). We’re both Aussies in case that makes a difference 

Hi guys  is your premium covering Covid please????

Hi fellow Aussie Cruisers 

Does anyone have knowledge of an Insurance Company that will cover you for your cruise if you come down with Covid pre cruise and you have to cancel?

Research has told me the circumnavigation cruise around Australia albeit sounds Domestic is infact classified as International as the Doctor/s on board will be American.

PS. Some companies will give only $2500 each pax coverage for pre cruise cancellation which won't cut it on a $20,000 cruise.

Might have to ring Princess Monday morning to confirm either way.😉

Hi guys.

Just trying to work out whether our 28 night cruise in October with Coral Princess will be classified as DOMESTIC or INTERNATIONAL please??.

Just researching Travel Insurance which is a nightmare.

Cheers Bob.

PS. Brisbane to Brisbane around AUS.

Booked on the Coral on 13th October, 28 nighter Brisbane to Brisbane. Balcony, drinks & OBC. 

Finally we have some confidence this cruise will now finally sail.👍🥂🍺

Sounds like the restart is imminent. Hopefully this Wednesday we'll all find out.👍

4 hours ago, Mikamarii said:

Just my humble opinion and experience. 

 

In our neck of the woods we've gone through a few waves. Our city has had mandatory masking since 2020, distancing, qr codes etc. Only recently at the end of the omicron wave were things dropped. 

 

Our city has boasted a 95% mask compliance yet this last wave was 10x worse than any we've had. 

 

We have approx 2000 people at My work and we've  has mandatory masking, vaccination, work from home, etc. The unvaccinated can't use any facilities (boardrooms, gyms, lunchroom, etc) and have to have a neg RAT every 72 hrs to be in the building. We had our worse case numbers by far ever during this last wave. 

 

In our own household my wife tested positive 3 times through the course of 10 days. Myself and our 2 children didn't change any behaviors within our house, we were close, shared food, didnt wear masks in the house etc. We each took a test every 3 days and the rest of us were neg and no symptoms.  I'm triple vaxed, wife is double, and kids at the time were single. 

 

These are only small microsamples of the larger population  

 

We have a term at work we use called action imperative. Doing something for the sake of doing something.

 

I'm no doctor or scientist but dealing with people everyday I find that most need to see something tangible to believe somethings being done Regardless of what the outcome is. In the case of covid masks are that thing. An example People feel safer in a store with cameras when in realty a camera won't stop a crime. 

 

Most of the world has seen massive Spikes since omicron hit. I think the biggest disservice every government has done has sold the idea that we can eliminate any disease if we follow their direction. People have held this belief that if we do the things the govt has said we will be 100% safe and when it didn't happen then we need to blame the people that didn't follow the rules (since there cant be any other wxplination) when in reality the outcome quite possibly would have been similar. There is really no way to ever know because we can't go back and do it again keeping all variables the same. 

 

When the pandemic first hit I understood why things were done as we knew very little about what it was and how to combat it. As a local doctor recently said we have so much more knowledge now, vaccines, therapeutics, etc that restrictions aren't serving the same purpose they did 18 months ago. 

 

I feel that many people are now saying I've done everything asked of me and nothing has changed and losing stamina to keep doing the same things. 

 

We have a 2 month trip planned to australia and NZ in October and November including 2 cruises. We are just hoping and praying we can come visit these amazing countries. 

Well said.👍

Nothing has changed, no updated news to get excited about. Who really knows what the powers to be are thinking or considering. 

Very sad indeed to see these two Aussie champions pass.

RIP Rod & Shane.

I believe cruising domestically will resume in September this year, 2022. 17th April date is the key. If the government lifts the ban it will happen, IMO.👍

7 hours ago, plettza said:

I just booked a Carnival cruise for January  next year. 11 nights to South Pacific, $800 total for a balcony that I chose.  That's not per person, that's total. Something is whacked  with their prices. There were other cruises that were/are similarly priced sailing to various destinations. But when I thought I'd try and book a second cruise at those prices, going through the booking process, those rates went missing.

 

I just had to pay in full at the time of booking 

What ship please???????

I think NSW might start first then qld and hopefully the other States and territory will follow suit.

My fear is for this to happen we may be looking at 2023.